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On comparing the course of the pudic arteries with the median line, A A, we find that they are removed from it at a wider interval below than above; and also that where the vessels first enter the perinaeal space, winding around the spines of the ischia, they are much deeper in this situation (on a level with the base of the bladder) than they are when arrived opposite the bulb of the urethra.

—Surgical Anatomy

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noun Plural of ischium.

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On comparing the course of the pudic arteries with the median line, A A, we find that they are removed from it at a wider interval below than above; and also that where the vessels first enter the perinaeal space, winding around the spines of the ischia, they are much deeper in this situation (on a level with the base of the bladder) than they are when arrived opposite the bulb of the urethra. — Surgical Anatomy
The pubes and ischia are fused along the mid-ventral line. — Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
In connection with the leaping habit, the ilia are greatly elongated, and the pubes and ischia much reduced. — Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
Pubes massive and long, fused to ischia via a shallowly sigmoidal pubic apron. — PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Reconstructed right and left ischia in dorsal view. — PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles